I have listened to this as an audiobook and hardly dare to say anything which might sound negative about such a distinguished author or this book in particular. It is totally biblically based, expounding many passages very literally, but reinterpreting others metaphorically (e.g. “all things” in Rom. 8:32); I have trouble with that kind of ambivalence….
Just started this. It’s about trust, especially as applied to security issues in the physical, social and digital worlds. Bruce Schneier is a very clever and thoughtful observer of society with an ability to not overlook the wood for the trees. He dares to ask fundamental questions and suggests answers. Which means I’m all the more surprised to…
This is a good book for those who still believe the Gospel is just abut getting me to heaven. Based on a rather imaginative elaboration of Paul’ statement in 1.Cor. 15, Scott McKnight argues that the Gospel is in fact God’s story with Israel, culminating in the story of Jesus, who fulfilled his plan. The…
I’ve gone for an oldie again: a 30-year old book by Genevan doctor Paul Tournier. He’s a bit exasperating at times, because he lets himself get side-tracked and thinks laterally. But he has a great deal of experience through listening to countless patients and has acquired a lot of wisdom. Tournier made a name for himself through…
A one-time dear friend of mine sent me the following links as “must watch!” They make me weep inwardly. 1. Christian Palestinianism from the 2011 Berean Call Conference Paul Wilkinson is a soft-spoken, gentle young English junior pastor of a small Church near Manchester. His voice and attitude is very compelling (although speaking in the US and dressed…
How refreshing to read a compact, no nonsense book in which the great Bible teacher/apologist – I remember him well from my student days in London – “considers eight characteristics of Christian discipleship which are often neglected and yet deserve to be taken seriously.” John Stott makes no attempt to be sensational and refrains from embellishing…
A brave book, shocking for traditional Evangelicals! Rob Bell dares to question our understanding of God, heaven, hell. This is ’empirical theology’, picking out impressions of God’s character and plan from the Bible, rather than expounding specific passages. In fact, he points out that by emphasizing specific pet texts many believers end up with a…
A good, honest, inspirational book. Brian McLaren dares to face the real struggles involved in experiencing God in daily life and cultivating a vital relationship with him. The first parts (Spring and Summer) made sense for me, the rest resonated less. I had the impression the latter chapters floundered a bit, trying to discover a…
Die konkreten Vorschläge, die ich bei der Kundgebung OccupyParadeplatz gehört habe und mich am Meisten beeindruckten, sind folgende: ++ Einführung einer Transaktionssteuer für die massiven ‘virtuellen’ Finanzgeschäften: eine neue Einnahmequelle für den Staat, aber – noch wichtiger – eine Hürde für die Spekulanten ++ Abschaffung des Bankgeheimnisses: Warum sollen unsere Banken vom schmutzigen ausländischen Geld profitieren?…
A very unusual book, disturbingly radical, but gentle and optimistic. Not a logically developed idea but a collection of thoughts, experiences and stories expounding the idea that Jesus really is advocating a totally different way of living – scorning fame, riches, success – in this crazy, corrupt world. Community, renunciation and sharing for the sake…
Subtitle: The evidence for evolution A sad book – extremely prejudiced and bitterly derisive of all believers. His way of interpreting a variety of interesting scientific phenomena could support evolution, but ‘evidence’ in the sense of proof it is not.
Heinzpeter Hempelmann versteht den philosophischen Wandel von der Moderne zur Postmoderne sehr gut. Gründlich analysiert er die jeweiligen Annahmen, Auswirkungen, und Streitpunkte. Der Untertitel “Christlicher Wahrheitsanspruch vor den Provokationen der Postmoderne” macht aber klar, dass es ihm um mehr als reine Analyse geht. Die Postmoderne stellt die christliche Sicht der Dinge in Frage, und er will…